Asia

Japan Recorded Over 300 Covid-19 Deaths For Third Consecutive Day

TOKYO, Sept 2 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s daily COVID-19-related deaths surpassed 300 for the third consecutive day, amid a strain on…

Malaysia Reported 2,356 New COVID-19 Infections, Nine More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 2,356 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to…

Cambodia Arrested 10,545 Drug-Related Suspects In First Eight Months

PHNOM PENH, Sept 2 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian authorities arrested 10,545 drug-related suspects, including 154 foreigners, in 4,384 cases during the…

India’s Unemployment Rose In Aug

NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (NNN-PTI) – The rate of unemployment in India rose to 8.3 percent in Aug, from 6.8…

India Launched Indigenous Vaccine For Prevention Of Cervical Cancer

NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Minister of State for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh, yesterday announced the launch…

11 Killed, 19 Wounded In Traffic Accident In West Java

JAKARTA, Sept 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – Eleven people were killed and 19 others injured, many of them children, in a traffic…

790 Billion USD Sought For Japan’s Fiscal 2023 Budget, Defence Spending To Rise

TOKYO, Sept 1 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s government departments submitted yesterday, their general-account budget requests, for fiscal 2023, totaling over 110…

Laos, Cambodia Agree To Promote Cooperation In Border Security

VIENTIANE, Sept 1 (NNN-KPL) – Personnel from the Lao and Cambodian armies will continue their cooperation in border security, as…

UN Chief Called For Urgent, Collective Action To Help Flood-Hit Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Pakistani people are facing “a monsoon on steroids,” UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said,…

Kenya to start exporting chicks to Malaysia, Mauritius

NAIROBI, Aug 31 (NNN-KBC) — Kenya is at an advanced stage of sealing export deals with Malaysia and Mauritius for…